Shopping on Christmas Eve used to be my thing. I would go to the mall the day before my favorite holiday, braving the inevitable crowds. The thought of that today makes me want to run and hide, waiting until the New Year to reemerge. Looking […]
The spirit needs nurturing. Whether it’s meditation or massage or peacefully falling into the life and character of a novel’s heroine, downtime is necessary. Self care is necessary. It’s essential to our mental health. Sometimes, our lives can become hectic and we feel like we […]
This blog was begun under the premise that this is “one woman’s personal tales of life after loss through food, fashion, lifestyle, and travel.” Since then, I’ve posted about plenty of food, a bit of fashion, lots of lifestyle, and troves of travel. I haven’t, […]
Whenever I travel to another city, town, or country, one of the first things I check for is a good wine bar. The discovery of one can prove to be difficult on a holiday. Fortunately, this wasn’t the case this past Fourth of July when […]
Chicago rivals the biggest food cities in America for the best food. I’m talking about New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. This is an opinion, of course, but based on my four-day culinary exploration, I’d be inclined to state this as fact. From seafood […]
“Don’t playa hate. Just stay awake.” That was the first thing I saw when stepping off Chicago’s pink like at Damen Avenue. Spray-painted in blue on the side of someone’s house next to what appeared to be someone’s graffiti artist name, I instantly pulled my […]
The best way to see a city is on foot. To learn your way around an area, you must become familiar with the streets and the directions. From a very early age, my mother taught me about my “internal compass.” Google Maps, of course, is […]
My Lyft driver was surprised by my lack of baggage en route to Los Angeles International Airport. I had my thirty-five liter, lightweight, Coreal hiking backpack, and my purse. That’s it. That’s all I needed the entire nine-day trip to a South American country. The […]
Los Angeles Magazine’s July issue encouraged me to venture to downtown’s Chinatown district where a beautiful thirty-two-acre state park celebrated its grand opening this past April. There are no swing sets or jungle gyms – just vast open spaces with drought-friendly plant life and dirt […]
I had a breast cancer scare in early 2015. My right breast was aching one morning at work while sitting at my desk. Naturally, I touched the place of pain, near my armpit but still atop the breast, in an effort to soothe the discomfort. […]
